Tag Archives: Hispanic Crime

Now read “Race and Crime in America” at The Unz Review The noted science fiction writer Philip K. Dick once declared that “Reality is what continues to exist whether you believe in it or not.” Such an observation should be kept in mind … Continue reading →

Determining American reality is sometimes difficult due to the flaws of government statistics, with the contentious subject of race and crime being a perfect example. The FBI publishes a Uniform Crime Report, providing a vast quantity of public data on crime and arrest … Continue reading →

Hispanic Crime: The Debate by Ron Unz The American Conservative, March 12, 2010 (Updated) Compendium of Major Commentary, Listed in Chronological Order His-Panic by Ron Unz The American Conservative, March 2010

Hispanic Crime Estimates by Ron Unz The American Conservative, March 12, 2010 I’m afraid that Jason Richwine’s latest posting in the Great Hispanic Crime Debate makes a very silly claim. He seemingly comes close to accusing me of intellectual dishonesty for pointing out that … Continue reading →

As discussed in my blog posting from a few days ago, attached below, the discovery that the “Gold Standard” PPIC ethnic incarceration numbers for California were already age-adjusted means they appear to be about 10% higher than my own California … Continue reading →

PPIC Data on Hispanic Incarceration (Plus P.S.) by Ron Unz The American Conservative, March 9, 2010 Kudos to Jason Richwine for his fine shoe-leather work in contacting the PPIC staff and determining that the ethnic incarceration figures provided in their … Continue reading →

With a flurry of critical responses to my article published in the last few days—four on Wednesday alone!—I had to scramble to produce my own rebuttal, but I think I covered most of the bases. In particular, since the independent … Continue reading →

Them vs. Unzism by Ron Unz The American Conservative, March 4, 2010 With four long replies to my Hispanic crime article having appeared just in the last 24 hours, I obviously cannot respond to every point raised, but I’ll try to address … Continue reading →

Although the initial media response to my Hispanic crime article was quite favorable, during the last week a couple of the leading anti-Immigrationist publications struck back with lengthy and detailed critiques. I responded to these with specific rebuttals published on … Continue reading →

Immigration: Facts vs. Ideology by Ron Unz The American Conservative, February 24, 2010 My thanks to Matthew Roberts and Steve Burton (MR+SB) for publishing a detailed critique in Chronicles of my recent article on Hispanic crime rates. However, since I believe their analysis is largely … Continue reading →

My March article in The American Conservative analyzing Hispanic crime rates has begun to receive increased attention from various journalists and commentators. I include a few of the examples below. “His-Panic: The Myth of Immigrant Crime” Ron Unz, The American … Continue reading →

His-Panic by Ron Unz Talk TV sensationalists and axe-grinding ideologues have fallen for a myth of immigrant lawlessness. The American Conservative, March 2010, COVER STORY According to Lou Dobbs, “a third of the prison population in this country is estimated … Continue reading →

The Los Angeles Times (Andrew Blankstein and Garrett Therolf, December 27, 2006) recently carried a major year-end news story which has finally forced me to completely admit the error of my ways with regard to immigration matters. We all have … Continue reading →